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June 5, 1830

Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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United States, Interstate Commerce Commission. "Boston & Maine Railroad." In Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1931.

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May 9, 1844

Woburn Branch Rail-road Company franchises are transferred to Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation.

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United States, Interstate Commerce Commission. "Boston & Maine Railroad." In Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1931.

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1848

Woburn Branch Extension Rail-road Company franchises are transferred to Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation.

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United States, Interstate Commerce Commission. "Boston & Maine Railroad." In Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1931.

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January 6, 1870

Lexington and Arlington Railroad Company is sold to Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation.

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United States, Interstate Commerce Commission. "Boston & Maine Railroad." In Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1931.

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April 15, 1870

Stoneham Branch Railroad Company is sold to Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation.

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United States, Interstate Commerce Commission. "Boston & Maine Railroad." In Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1931.

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December 1, 1871

Mystic River Railroad franchise, rights, and land are acquired by Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation.

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United States, Interstate Commerce Commission. "Boston & Maine Railroad." In Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1931.

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July 2, 1879

Lowell and Lawrence Railroad Company is sold to Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation.

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United States, Interstate Commerce Commission. "Boston & Maine Railroad." In Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1931.

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July 2, 1879

Salem and Lowell Railroad Company is sold to Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation.

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United States, Interstate Commerce Commission. "Boston & Maine Railroad." In Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1931.

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October 26, 1881

Manchester and Keene Railroad is sold under forclosure for benefit of mortgage bondholders and conveyed after validity of sale had been adjudicated on May 14, 1884 to Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation and Concord Railroad Corporation , to whose interest the purchaser, Samuel W. Hale, evidently acted.

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United States, Interstate Commerce Commission. "Boston & Maine Railroad." In Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1931.

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April 27, 1883

Middlesex Central Railroad Company is sold to Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation.

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United States, Interstate Commerce Commission. "Boston & Maine Railroad." In Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1931.

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June 30, 1887

Ocean Terminal Railroad Company franchises are transferred to Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation.

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United States, Interstate Commerce Commission. "Boston & Maine Railroad." In Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1931.

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January 1, 1919

Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation merges into Boston and Maine Railroad.

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Frederick N. Nowell, III. "Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation." In Addendum to Corporate History of Boston and Maine Railroad System, 13. 2008.

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